Runaway YCP cadets in custody

Four cadets of the Youth Challenge Program at Camp Minden are in custody following a rash of car thefts and high speed chases over the past 24 hours.

The last of the four teens was captured around noon Monday when Sheriff Gary Sexton rear-ended a stolen SUV the driver was in. Sexton said he took the step during a chase on Interstate 20 near Ruston to prevent the driver from going into oncoming traffic and escaping again.

The unidentified teen was one of four – two 16-year-olds and two 17-year-olds – who walked away from the YCP program Sunday. All are from South Louisiana.

The teens are suspected of stealing a truck in Bossier Parish and ditching it Sunday night in Doyline.They then were caught on surveillance camera breaking into D&H Grocery in Doyline overnight

Another vehicle was stolen in Doyline Monday morning. Deputies caught up with it, and during a chase Chief Deputy Bobby Igo performed a pit manuever that pushed the vehicle into a bridge railing. The occupants ran, but three were apprehended.

Before that incident could even be sorted out, the sheriff’s office received a call about a SUV stolen in Sibley. That’s what pulled Sexton into the chase and ultimate capture of the final teen.

All face criminal charges.

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